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Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Despite reduced sanctions and more permissive attitudes toward cannabis use in the USA and Europe, the prevalences of adolescent cannabis use have remained rather stable in the twenty-first century. However, whether trends in adolescent cannabis use differ between socioeconomic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7819333/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42238-020-00052-y |
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author | Knaappila, Noora Marttunen, Mauri Fröjd, Sari Lindberg, Nina Kaltiala, Riittakerttu |
author_facet | Knaappila, Noora Marttunen, Mauri Fröjd, Sari Lindberg, Nina Kaltiala, Riittakerttu |
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description | ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Despite reduced sanctions and more permissive attitudes toward cannabis use in the USA and Europe, the prevalences of adolescent cannabis use have remained rather stable in the twenty-first century. However, whether trends in adolescent cannabis use differ between socioeconomic groups is not known. The aim of this study was to examine trends in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015. METHODS: A population-based school survey was conducted biennially among 14–16-year-old Finns between 2000 and 2015 (n = 761,278). Distributions for any and frequent cannabis use over time according to socioeconomic adversities were calculated using crosstabs and chi-square test. Associations between any and frequent cannabis use, time, and socioeconomic adversities were studied using binomial logistic regression results shown by odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: At the overall level, the prevalences of lifetime and frequent cannabis use varied only slightly between 2000 and 2015. Cannabis use was associated with socioeconomic adversities (parental unemployment in the past year, low parental education, and not living with both parents). The differences in any and frequent cannabis use between socioeconomic groups increased significantly over the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Although the overall changes in the prevalence of adolescent cannabis use were modest, cannabis use increased markedly among adolescents with the most socioeconomic adversities. Socioeconomic adversities should be considered in the prevention of adolescent cannabis use. |
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spelling | pubmed-78193332021-01-25 Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 Knaappila, Noora Marttunen, Mauri Fröjd, Sari Lindberg, Nina Kaltiala, Riittakerttu J Cannabis Res Original Research ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Despite reduced sanctions and more permissive attitudes toward cannabis use in the USA and Europe, the prevalences of adolescent cannabis use have remained rather stable in the twenty-first century. However, whether trends in adolescent cannabis use differ between socioeconomic groups is not known. The aim of this study was to examine trends in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015. METHODS: A population-based school survey was conducted biennially among 14–16-year-old Finns between 2000 and 2015 (n = 761,278). Distributions for any and frequent cannabis use over time according to socioeconomic adversities were calculated using crosstabs and chi-square test. Associations between any and frequent cannabis use, time, and socioeconomic adversities were studied using binomial logistic regression results shown by odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: At the overall level, the prevalences of lifetime and frequent cannabis use varied only slightly between 2000 and 2015. Cannabis use was associated with socioeconomic adversities (parental unemployment in the past year, low parental education, and not living with both parents). The differences in any and frequent cannabis use between socioeconomic groups increased significantly over the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Although the overall changes in the prevalence of adolescent cannabis use were modest, cannabis use increased markedly among adolescents with the most socioeconomic adversities. Socioeconomic adversities should be considered in the prevention of adolescent cannabis use. BioMed Central 2020-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7819333/ /pubmed/33526131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42238-020-00052-y Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Knaappila, Noora Marttunen, Mauri Fröjd, Sari Lindberg, Nina Kaltiala, Riittakerttu Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 |
title | Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 |
title_full | Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 |
title_fullStr | Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 |
title_full_unstemmed | Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 |
title_short | Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 |
title_sort | changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7819333/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42238-020-00052-y |
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